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This Writ Petition has been filed, seeking for a direction to the respondent Authority to accept the petitioner's Form No.20 under the Employees Provident Fund Scheme, 1952, without insisting on production of a Guardian Certificate for minor children from the Court of law.

2. According to the petitioner, she was married to one Lurthunathan as per the Christian Rites on 05.10.2001 and out of the wedlock, two children were born to them, who are now aged about 17 and 15 years respectively. It is further stated that her husband passed away on 06.01.2019, due to heart attack and that the petitioner has got a legalheir certificate, showing names of her children and herself. The petitioner made a request to the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (in short 'EPFO'), claiming Provident Fund amount, duly annexed with Form-20 along with other required documents, but the EPFO Authority returned the same for want of guardianship certificate for her minor children, from the Court of law, as she belongs to Christian community. It is further stated that EPFO gave the petitioner the Death Claim Form 20/10D/51F, along with Check List No.62589/10095, which listed out the documents to be sub